引用
打造「英雄」?刑事偵查人員的陽剛階序與實踐結構
The Making of a Hero: Masculine Hierarchies and Practice Structures in Police Forces
作者:蔡佳臻(Chia-Chen Tsai)、余貞誼(Chen-Yi Yu) | 首次發表於 2023-11-30 | 第 73 期 June 2023
DOI:https://dx.doi.org/10.6786/TJS.202306_(73).0001
研究論文(Research Articles)
論文資訊 | Article information
摘要 Abstract
《性別工作平等法與性別主流化政策的推動,讓警察單位不再是男性專屬的場域,但提到刑警工作,從大眾到組織內部仍皆會浮現勇猛陽剛的男性形象,使得女刑警成為刑事警察單位的化外之民。然而,刑事偵查工作事實上包含了勇猛陽剛以外的多重元素,因此「刑警工作=武力陽剛」的概念和預設並非自然天理,也難以反映刑事偵查工作的全貌,但卻仍被持續頌揚與實踐,成為理想刑警的標準,並以此合理化對女刑警的排除。本研究探究刑警等同武力陽剛的連結,是透過何種實踐結構被生產、落實與維繫。研究發現:刑事偵查單位在定義刑警工作時,會強調武力身體及攻擊特性,建構出武、文行動策略的優劣階序,並將此階序與性類屬相互連結,讓男性成為驍勇善戰的刑警代表。由此可見,刑警等同武力陽剛的意象,正是一種透過層層打造的實踐結構來維繫和鞏固的政治社會秩序。若要破除刑事組織裡的性別隔離現象,需要重省刑事偵查工作的武力陽剛崇拜文化,反省並消解以武力價值凌駕其餘行動策略的霸權統御機制,讓更為多元的行動與文化被涵納進刑事偵查工作的定義中,才能破除刑事偵查工作的性別化意涵,在實踐空間中開啟多義的行動可能性,以真正邁向性別容納的願景。

關鍵詞:刑警/刑事偵查人員、性別隔離、武力陽剛崇拜、陽剛實踐
Gender equality laws and gender mainstreaming policies are transforming police forces that once were exclusively male. However, images of police masculinity and male-centered bravery persist at both public and institutional levels, frequently marginalizing female officers in the process. Beginning with the assumption that effective police work requires far more than simple physical-force masculinity, this study investigates the structural practices that form and consolidate ideological links between that masculinity and police work. The findings suggests that police work definitions tend to prioritize physical force and attack capacity, thereby constructing a gender category-linked hierarchy of wu-wen strategies. The resulting systemic political and social orders justify the presumption that men are more suited to police work, thereby bolstering the above-mentioned ideological links. To achieve gender inclusivity, the masculinity cult in policing must be reexamined, mechanisms that value force must be dismantled, and job definitions must be expanded to incorporate more diverse policing practices.

Keywords: police, sex segregation, masculinity cult, masculine practices